by Christopher Mims. King Abdullah of Jordan is probably the world's richest Star Trek fan, which explains why he's able to drop the GDP of Burundi on a theme park to celebrate his pop culture obsession. The good news is that the theme park will also be a showcase for cleantech, and will run on some kind of non-specified “green” power. To which we say: “lupDujHomwIj lubuy'moH gharghmey!” Which is Klingon for ” my hovercraft is full of eels .”

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